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2012 African Women's Championship

Copa Africana de Naciones femenina 2012 Coupe d'Afrique des Nations féminine 2012 Copa das Nações Africanas feminina 2012
Tournament details
Host country	Equatorial Guinea
Dates	28 October – 11 November
Teams	8
Venue(s)	2 (in 2 host cities)
Final positions
Champions	Equatorial Guinea (2nd title)
Runners-up	South Africa
Third place	Cameroon
Fourth place	Nigeria
Tournament statistics
Matches played	16
Goals scored	47 (2.94 per match)
Top scorer(s)	Genoveva Añonman (6 goals)
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The 2012 African Women's Championship was a football competition, which was organized by the Confederation of African Football (CAF). The final tournament was held in from 28 October to 11 November in Equatorial Guinea.

Qualification

A total of 24 national teams entered qualification which was held over two rounds. In the preliminary round, 20 nations were drawn in pairs. The ten winners joined the four semifinalists of the 2010 Women's African Football Championship in the first round, where the seven winners qualified for the finals.

Qualified teams

•  Cameroon
•  DR Congo
•  Equatorial Guinea
•  Ethiopia
•  Ivory Coast
•  Nigeria
•  Senegal
•  South Africa

Squads

Group stage

The seven first round winners will join the hosts in the finals. Equatorial Guinea was put in Group A as hosts, while Nigeria as winners of 2010 edition was put into Group B. The draw was held on 17 July 2012.

Tiebreakers

If two or more teams in the group stage are tied on points tie-breakers are in order:

1. Points in head-to-head matches between tied teams
2. Goal difference in head-to-head matches between tied teams
3. Goals scored in head-to-head matches between tied teams
4. Goal difference in all group matches
5. Goals scored in all group matches
6. Fair play conduct
7. Drawing of lots

Group A

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Equatorial Guinea (H)	3	3	0	0	12	0	+12	9	Advance to knockout stage
2	South Africa	3	2	0	1	5	2	+3	6
3	DR Congo	3	1	0	2	2	10	−8	3
4	Senegal	3	0	0	3	0	7	−7	0

Equatorial Guinea	1–0	South Africa
Chinasa 33'	Report

Senegal	0–1	DR Congo
	Report	Nona 74' (pen.)

South Africa	1–0	Senegal
Mgcoyi 70'	Report

Equatorial Guinea	6–0	DR Congo
Añonman 25', 66', 73' Bwadi 39' (o.g.) Chinasa 63' Jade 86'	Report

Equatorial Guinea	5–0	Senegal
Jade 5', 14' Tiga 15' Jumária 47' Añonman 72'	Report

South Africa	4–1	DR Congo
Smeda 3' Mgcoyi 10', 48', 57'	Report	Tuzolana 88'

Group B

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Nigeria	3	3	0	0	8	2	+6	9	Advance to knockout stage
2	Cameroon	3	1	1	1	5	3	+2	4
3	Ivory Coast	3	1	0	2	7	7	0	3
4	Ethiopia	3	0	1	2	0	8	−8	1

Nigeria	2–1	Cameroon
Ohadugha 45+1' Nkwocha 86'	Report	Manie 52' (pen.)

Ivory Coast	5–0	Ethiopia
Nrehy 1', 9', 68' Gnago 51' N'Guessan 53'	Report

Cameroon	4–1	Ivory Coast
Iven 11', 25' Onguene 62' Zouga 88'	Report	Nahi 18'

Ethiopia	0–3	Nigeria
	Report	Sunday 26' Mbachu 64' Nkwocha 66'

Nigeria	3–1	Ivory Coast
Chukwudi 9' Ebere 39' Mbachu 75'	Report	Nrehy 82'

Cameroon	0–0	Ethiopia
	Report

Knockout stage

Bracket

	Semi-finals				Final
	7 November – Malabo
	Equatorial Guinea	2
					11 November – Malabo
	Cameroon	0
					Equatorial Guinea	4
	7 November – Bata
					South Africa	0
	Nigeria	0
	South Africa	1
					Third place play-off
					11 November – Malabo
					Cameroon	1
					Nigeria	0

Semi-finals

Equatorial Guinea	2–0	Cameroon
Chinasa 7' Añonman 40'	Report

Nigeria	0–1	South Africa
	Report	van Wyk 23'

Third place play-off

Cameroon	1–0	Nigeria
Enganamouit 31'	Report

Final

Equatorial Guinea	4–0	South Africa
Chinasa 43', 72' Tiga 66' Añonman 70'	Report

Goalscorers

There were 47 goals scored in 16 matches, for an average of 2.94 goals per match.

6 goals

• Genoveva Añonman

5 goals

• Gloria Chinasa

4 goals

• Ines Nrehy
• Andisiwe Mgcoyi

3 goals

• Jade Boho

2 goals

• Adrienne Iven
• Adriana Aparecida Costa
• Stella Mbachu
• Perpetua Nkwocha

1 goal

• Jeanine Alexise Gnago
• Ange N'Guessan
• Josée Nahi
• Christine Manie
• Gabrielle Onguéné
• Gaëlle Enganamouit
• Francine Zouga
• Lucie Mengi Nona
• Jolie Tuzolana
• Jumária Barbosa de Santana
• Ogonna Chukwudi
• Ngozi Ebere
• Martina Ohadugha
• Esther Sunday
• Leandra Smeda
• Janine van Wyk

1 own goal

• Bwadi Mwalutshe (against Equatorial Guinea)

References

1. "Women's round-up: January 2012". FIFA. Archived from the original on February 13, 2012. Retrieved 2 February 2012.
2. "FIXTURES VIIITH AFRICAN WOMEN CHAMPIONSHIP-2012" (PDF). Confédération Africaine de Football. 19 October 2011. Retrieved 13 January 2011.
3. "8th African Women Championship final draw completed in Cairo". CAF. 17 July 2012. Retrieved 17 July 2012.
4. "2012 Regulations". CAF. Retrieved 30 October 2012.

External links

• BBC ;Results & Fixtures
• Results at soccerway.com

• 2012 African Women's Championship
• Women's Africa Cup of Nations tournaments
• 2012 in African football
• International association football competitions hosted by Equatorial Guinea
• 2012 in women's association football